Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2023-06-13

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Jun 13
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662
Receipts
353 head
▼ 94 vs last sale 447▲ 353 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale, next auction scheduled for Tuesday, July 12, 2023. Value Added denotes cattle weaned at least 45 plus days, castrated & have been given at least 2 rounds of preconditioning shots. Balance of cattle were mostly long weaned with 1 shot.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $230.43/cwt on 193 head.
Average price
$230.43
193 head · 740 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,705
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$2
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.60
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561256.351,43731
Medium and Large 1-2776225.481,750160
Medium and Large 2638225.001,4362thin
One grade step is worth $31.35/cwt here — about $2 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale193 hd
230.43
—
AR average11 barns · 2,363 hd
241.03
−10.60
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

20 lots · USDA AMS · I-40 Livestock Feeder Cattle Pot Load Sale - Ozark, AR
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added410245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0054
Steers—Medium and Large 1460279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,28313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,27910
Steers—Medium and Large 1562252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,4166
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4243
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added638225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4362
Steers—Medium and Large 1669234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,56512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added796227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,80767
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2797217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,72914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added822221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,81762
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added439225.00/cwt225.00–225.009885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1446242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,0798
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1889
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,2165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added575210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,20813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1594223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,3259
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2702193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,3554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open706219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,55039
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added787209.25/cwt209.25–209.251,64747
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open912173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,57820

This sale against other markets

Arkansas weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Arkansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.